The Geranium Farm Audio eMos: Ms Subways: The Campaign Begins

Thursday, October 28, 2004

Ms Subways: The Campaign Begins

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MsLadyLib said...: I like to think of myself as reasonably "computer literate," but have to admit I was at first stymied by just exactly HOW to get to listen.

It was worth the patience. That's all it took, patience. (I had to WAIT for the download to finish...) This time, patience really paid off. I read the EMo's (almost) religiously. I say "almost" because I don't do anything really religiously, anymore, these days, not even religion. But I digress.

It's the EMo read by Buddy Stallings, MS SUBWAYS: THE CAMPAIGN BEGINS. I am delighted at how well he gives voice to Barbara Crafton's ideas, and, since I am familiar with her voice, I generally "hear" her when I read the EMo's. A new voice, strong, gentle, and pretty obviously male, and VOILA! I hear things I did NOT hear when I read it. Silently. Not like the early readers, who would have been astounded to observe today's readers, eyes scanning the page silently, and, yes, really reading!

Next time I read a new EMo, I shall sit in front of this screen, and read aloud, resisting the temptation to feel silly -- after all, I know how to read silently, don't I? -- and try to find meanings that my voice brings to it.

I should have known this. Part of what I do for a living is read aloud to others, and I know my voice is an important intermediary between the author and the listeners.

Buddy Stallings is a great intermediary. I know I read the line "they lurch into each other's arms, propelled into one another when we turn a corner, an unexpected intimacy suburbanites cannot know," but I really only gave it its proper attention with Rev. Stallings' voice delivered it.

Thank you.; 4:08 AM